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Jean Bethke Elshtain : politics, ethics, and society / edited by Debra Erickson and Michael Le Chevallier.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Catholic Ideas for a Secular World Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013.
- Elshtain, Jean Bethke.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Jean Bethke Elshtain is the first attempt to evaluate Elshtain's entire published body of work and to give shape to a wide-ranging scholarly career.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I . The Political Question
- 1 Becoming Jean Elshtain: Exploring the Intersections of Social Feminism and Civic Life
- 2 The Context and Texts of Public Man, Private Woman: Jean Bethke Elshtain in the World of Ideas and Action
- 3 Elshtain's "Reflective" Ethics of Feminism and Family: An Appreciation and Critique
- 4 Striking the Balance: Blending Liberty, Tradition, and Reform
- 5 Democracy, Depression, and Disability: Jean Elshtain on Democracy, Despair, and Hope
- Part II. Cities of God and Man
- 6 Sovereign No More?: Selves, States, and God in Our Bewildering Global Environment
- 7 Staggering Onward, Rejoicing Jean Bethke Elshtain, Augustinian Realist
- 8 Engaging the Mind of Elshtain on Sovereignty
- 9 Taking Love Seriously: Elshtain's Augustinian Voice and Modern Politics
- 10 Supremacy at Stake: Religion and the Sovereign State in the Work of Jean Elshtain
- Part III. Nations and Citizens at Peace and War
- 11 Two Sovereigns?: Violence and the Ambiguities of Jean Bethke Elshtain's Christian Realism
- 12 The Education of a Just War Thinker: Politics and Patriotism through the Lens of Gender
- 13 A New, but Still a Just War against Terror
- 14 Just War and Religion: Reflections on the Work of Jean Elshtain
- 15 The Effect of Perspectives on Thinking about Sovereignty: A Dialogue with Jean Bethke Elshtain
- Part IV. The End(s) of Political Life
- 16 Civil Society and Political Society
- 17 Religion and Democracy: Beyond the Clash of Civilizations
- 18 Defending the Indefensible: The Tragedy of Jean Bethke Elshtain's Defense of the Liberal Consensus
- 19 The Limits of Politics and the Inevitability of Ethics.
- List of Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-268-10307-0
- OCLC:
- 1019839523
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